Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Muammar Gaddafi became the ''de facto'' leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. After the king had fled the country, the Revolutionary Comman ...

) sent a delegation of 7 athletes to compete at the

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. This was the last time as the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya that Libya went to the Olympics.

Athletics

;Men ;Women

Cycling

Road

Judo

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Taekwondo

Ezedin Tlish Ezedin Belgasem Faraj Tlish ( ar, عز الدين بلقاسم فرج طليش; April 5, 19821 August 2011) was a Libyan taekwondo practitioner. Tlish was among thousands of civilians who were killed during the Libyan Civil War in 2011. Tlish ma ...

will represent Libya in Taekwondo."African taekwondo champion to fight for a medal at Beijing Olympics"
, Xinhua, July 31, 2008 (Men's Under 68 kg)

References

"Libyans at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games"
''Tripoli Post'', August 3, 2008 {{Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...